"Today, it costs as little as 40 cents for two lifesaving pills called antiretrovirals (ARVS) which, when taken daily, can prevent an HIV-positive pregnant woman from passing the virus to her unborn baby. Still, 650 babies are needlessly born with HIV every day. TURN YOUR MILES (RED) is an initiative designed to enable people at every fitness level to play a part in delivering up to $1 million to HIV medical clinics and programs in sub-Saharan Africa. That amounts to 2.5 million days of lifesaving ARVS. " ﻿

4) Every time your walk or run - remember to start the Nike+ Running App and sync your miles with NikePlus.com.

You can sync your miles by going to the Activity's screen, touch the screen and pull it down until you see the instruction to "Release to sync.. "

Your pledged miles get updated every 10PM, so don't panic if you don't see your updated miles 'till the next morning. Also, the (RED) photo above was designed using Picasa multi-exposure collage and not through the Nike+Running App.

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To help get more people to join, share your Nike+ Running activities on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter ( hashtags: #nikeplus #onestep4RED). It's really a win-win! You get to burn some calories and at the same time help other people.

So whether you're running, walking with your friend, taking your dog for a walk - TURN YOUR MILES (RED) and make every step count.

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